In Florida whenever a disaster strikes, you can count on two things. One-the media will hype it like armageddon and two, there will be a rush to the gas stations and every station in the state will be suffering it's effects for a week. I am not complaining, in fact I am extremely grateful that I was able to fill my tank this morning. It only took a half hour of waiting. No, I'm not being sarcastic about the wait time. I'm genuinely thankful it only took a half hour of waiting and I'm even more thankful that there was gasoline there in the first place.
While waiting in line with my music blaring, I began to think about price gouging. 90% of people out there will disagree with me on this, but to the 10% of people who understand how the economy works, I'm with you. Price gouging is the epitome of a necessary evil.
Expensive gasoline and water is a bitch. No one should tell you otherwise. But expensive supplies are better than no supplies. It's a nightmare to pay 5.00-10.00 a gallon for gasoline, but if the merchants and suppliers can't make a profit, they won't supply the gasoline at all. Think about this-if you had to get your hands dirty and start your own business, you'd be compassionate and willing to help others-but you have bills to pay too. One of the many, many, many reasons that socialism always fails is that if it all depends on love and human kindness, nothing gets done. Even those nasty gasoli suppliers have to eat too.
Supply and demand is a tough mistress. Price gouging is a bitch. Sometimes the real world can be a harsh place.
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